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The Essential Jesus
When you take time to listen to someone's story you find out who they really are. The same is true of God, and the key part of his story is Jesus. Reading The Essential Jesus is an opportunity to learn about yourself, about your world and about God.
Click here for a pdf file to read.
Right click here and 'save link as' to save an mp3 file to your computer (49.3MB).
Connect for Life
Connect For Life continues the great work of Connect09 as St Anne's extends the love of Jesus to the community of Ryde, inviting people to have a deeper connection with Jesus and his church. We will connect for life by continuing to pray for our community, its local leaders, schools, businesses and residents. First we will connect through Neighbour Day hospitality. In this we wait on God expecting that his great love will penetrate and change our family, our friends, our colleagues and our neighbours.
Neighbour Day
Sunday March 28 'The community you want starts at your front door.'
Neighbour Day is a community-wide event which aims to encourage people across Australia to visit their neighbours or do something with them like have a barbeque or enjoy chatting over cake and coffee. This is also a good opportunity for Christians to build relationships and show God’s love in action. Pray and plan to do something with your neighbours on March 28 or help us as we enjoy afternoon tea at our local unit block. Talk to Scott today.
StAnnes Ryde: Proudly promoting Neighbour Day www.neighbourday.org
Top Ryde City November 29th
Thanks to everyone who helped with the Anglicare Toys 'n' Tucker stall at Top Ryde City shops. The response was overwhelming and some great connections have been made with the community, shops and Centre Management.
Toys 'n' Tucker November 22nd
We had a great day yesterday for Anglicare’s Toys 'n' Tucker Christmas appeal outside Big W at Top Ryde City collecting gifts for kids doing it tough this Christmas. Why not visit us next Saturday (28th) & make a donation.
Toys 'n' Tucker November 15th
We are joining with Anglicare’s Toys 'n' Tucker Christmas appeal & Top Ryde City to collect gifts for kids doing it tough this Christmas. We have permission for a collection point in the new centre the NEXT 2 SATURDAYS, 21 & 28 Nov. Can you help at the stall and/or donate new toys for those in need?
The Hallway Challenge August 30
The Hallway Challenge has begun! It is designed to help remind us to replenish our personal stocks of gospels, CDs and DVDs to give away to the butcher, baker and candle-stick maker.
Connect Winter Outreach August 23
The Final Phase of the Connect Winter Outreach concludes today as we go out onto the streets and invite our community to give food for those in need. As we collect the food we will say thank you with a copy of The Essential Jesus.
PLEASE PRAY FOR THE COLLECTORS asking God to give our community open doors and open hearts.
A Thousand Doors – A Thousand Families – A Thousand God-given Opportunities
Day of Prayer for Connect 09 August 9
Friday 28th August 10am to 2pm
Chapter House, St Andrews Cathedral, Cnr George & Bathurst Sts.
Lunch will be available for a gold coin donation.
The Connect Winter Outreach August 2
Phase III (August 16-23): On August 16 we embark on the final phase of the Connect Winter Outreach as we join together again as a church to invite our community to give food to those in need. We will be letterboxing a new area and then on the following Sunday, August 23, we will return to the same area to personally collect the food and say thank you with a copy of The Essential Jesus. Please sign up to say you’ll be involved to either put together flyers/bags, letterbox drop and/or collect.
The Connect Winter Outreach
The Connect Winter Outreach is a fantastic opportunity for us to show our community that we care about those in need. Our first phase (June 28-July 5) reached over 600 dwellings with close to 100 people donating food and receiving the Essential Jesus as a 'thank you'. Now in Phase II (July 12-August 2) we look to focus on the neighbours in our street/building. Our mission this winter is to promote two urgent needs, one for food and the other for Jesus. Please prayerfully connect with your neighbours.
A Story of Pray...Connect...Expect June 21
Imagine you’re born in the Depression, you’ve lived a hard life and one day at 83 two Christians knock on your door. Des (a retiree) and I had the pleasure of meeting Fred a few weeks ago when we helped out Riverwood Anglican Church. Des and I prayed throughout as we connected with Fred and we saw God melting this man’s heart ever so slowly before our eyes. In the end he was very eager to read The Essential Jesus and truly think further about Jesus. Please use the June Prayer Guide (see the Connect09 table) and expectantly pray for the upcoming Connect Winter Outreach.
Today We Pray June 7
At the heart of the Connect Winter Outreach is prayer, as we seek to join with God’s great heart and passion for the physically and spiritually hungry. Please set aside 15 minutes TODAY after your church service to join us in prayer.
A Time to Pray May 31
Last Sunday we launched the Connect Winter Outreach during which we want to invite the local community to help us collect non-perishable food for those in need. We also hope that this initiative will help us to make better connections with our local community and learn about their needs and in particular look for opportunities to show and speak of God’s love through Jesus. Will you join us? This fantastic opportunity begins next Sunday, June 7, as we gather to pray. Please set aside 15 minutes after church next week to join us in prayer.